On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Tim Wescott <[email protected]> wrote: > drew wymore wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Tim Wescott wrote: >>> >>> >>>> What I /do/ want to know is how I can get my site to come up when >>>> folks go searching for people who do the sort of work that I do, >>>> hopefully without having to pay Google big bundles of bribe money. >>>> >>> I don't know any books, but here are my best suggestions: >>> >>> 1. Choose page titles that encorporate search keywords >>> 2. Choose subheadings and page text likewise. >>> 3. Run your HTML though tidy or some other syntax checker. >>> 4. Don't rely on images to convey content without corresponding text. >>> 5. Get other sites to link to yours. >>> >>> -- >>> Paul Heinlein <> [email protected] <> http://www.madboa.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> >> >> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ >> > I was sure (but didn't _know_) that there was something like this from > Google, but I just couldn't find the right keywords. "webmaster > tools". Of course. > > -- > Tim Wescott > Wescott Design Services > Voice: 503-631-7815 > Cell: 503-349-8432 > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
The tools will help you understand where your traffic is coming from, how google sees your site and things you can do to improve it within the search rankings. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
